"On the way to St Ives, I met a man with seven wives...."

Save me a plot here...

...when no-one's looking I will come and sit here.

Winter in St. Ives

Looking up at the egg shell white skies

Wisped with misty wintered greys

A rainy postcard panorama

Of a certain earthly amaze.

Pulling my coat around my mouth

The battling chill crowns my head

Coastline gulls waddle on the mirroring wet sand

Swept from the unforgettable colours of the oceans bed.

Into restaurants and into coffee houses

The rare few haste to keep warm

An unique contrast of summer

With all its feverous, raucous swarm.

Gazing out at the stately homes stacked on rustic mossy rocks

Dark green trees thread themselves in the thrilling fabric of the hills

Hearing the bluster against the many boat masts

While an intoxicating calm in me quickly distils.

This is a place so at ease with its own hibernation

Merrily exposing a different character that is wondrously undressed

And as I take in the rows of closed shops

The feeling left isn’t one of emptiness but one of being blessed.

Anonymous

 

This one doesn't need a title.....It's my beloved Cornwall!

Everybody loves Cornwall...hang on a minute I said that about cushions!?!....well nobody has disagreed with me, so I shall also make that sweeping statement about Cornwall as well!

....but how can you not love it...its beautiful....

These believe it or not are NOT sunsets, don't choke on your cuppa, they are in fact sunrises....yes that's right, sunrises! Astonishing on two counts - 1. I have never seen a sunrise like that in Surrey before & 2. I was up early enough in the morning to see a sunrise!

Pretending I was a millionaire on beautiful boat for the day....

Although I did see several seals in the sea, these seals/sea-lions were at the Gweek Seal Sanctuary...

- who knew they had toenails

This is a before & after of one getting angry with me cos I blocked his sunlight!

The astounding St. Michaels Mount, which gets completely cut off from the mainland at high tide. As you can see from my pic the causeway is about to be flooded by the tide and anyone who didn't manage to get off the island on time will need to catch the local ferry.

- you'll think I'm mad but I swear there is a heart shape on my Cornish Pasty....

Bye Cornwall x

snOw hOt!

With all this lovely hot sun I need some ice for my cocktail....but on this occassion I'm going to use snow. Yes you read that correctly, I'm about to reminisce about my skiing holiday this year in Chamonix....enjoy x

The photo below is of the end of a building in the town and believe it or not the image you see is completely painted on, absolutely nothing is really there, not even the balconies or shutters!! It was so realistic we had to stand right up against the building to be able to tell...



I found these great pictures of old posters used many years ago to advertise Chamonix....

Very Vintage, love them!

Finally, my name up in lights!

Ok, this was our first attempt at capturing sparkler writing,
demonstrated beautifully by my mum;

I had the idea from a newspaper cutting my mum gave me, explaining how you could take photos of fireworks and sparklers creating not just an instant image of someone waving a stick around, but with a slower shutter speed you can record something way more special!

  

My hubby even had a go, showing that he can spell his name! My step daughter was more creative, starting with her name (which obviously needs to be written with the letters back-to-front), then a star with a firework in the background.

 

 And for the piece de resistance...the whole family lined up;

Rebecca x